by Efrat Zemer
Ma'ariv (this week)
Medicine can step in and bridge gaps before diplomatic ties are established and in fact even in the absence of a state of peace, or so seems to be the case of A., a 42-year-old Saudi woman who had been plagued for years by an ear condition.
Ma'ariv (this week)
Medicine can step in and bridge gaps before diplomatic ties are established and in fact even in the absence of a state of peace, or so seems to be the case of A., a 42-year-old Saudi woman who had been plagued for years by an ear condition.
She consulted the best doctors money could buy (lots of money, actually) in clinics as far away as Germany and the USA, but to no avail.
A. was diagnosed with tinnitus, a most annoying and continuous pain and ringing in the ears. When she had enough of the unsuccessful treatment she received in Germany and the US, she decided to give google a try, and she found the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem site, where she read about the successes of Dr. Zacharia Shemesh, senior ENT consultant specializing in tinnitus and about his intensive therapeutic approach. Although a possible course of treatment was so close at hand, A. quickly realized that it wouldn't be quite so easy for her to travel from Saudi Arabia to the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, Israel. She would need a great deal of paperwork and special permits.
Hospital sources confirmed yesterday (dang, I should be more careful with the dates) that "A. contacted the Hadassah Hospital Medical Tourism Department, and following tedious and secretive efforts, she was allowed to arrive in Israel via a third country - Jordan. She received the necessary treatment and is feeling much better."
Two days ago A. was discharged from hospital in very good condition and is now on her way home.
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